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Freedom's Plow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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When a man starts out with nothing	A
When a man starts out with his hands	B
Empty but clean	C
When a man starts to build a world	D
He starts first with himself	E
And the faith that is in his heart	F
The strength there	G
The will there to build	H
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First in the heart is the dream	I
Then the mind starts seeking a way	J
His eyes look out on the world	D
On the great wooded world	D
On the rich soil of the world	D
On the rivers of the world	D
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The eyes see there materials for building	A
See the difficulties too and the obstacles	K
The mind seeks a way to overcome these obstacles	K
The hand seeks tools to cut the wood	L
To till the soil and harness the power of the waters	M
Then the hand seeks other hands to help	N
A community of hands to help	N
Thus the dream becomes not one man s dream alone	O
But a community dream	I
Not my dream alone but our dream	I
Not my world alone	O
But your world and my world	D
Belonging to all the hands who build	H
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A long time ago but not too long ago	P
Ships came from across the sea	Q
Bringing the Pilgrims and prayer makers	M
Adventurers and booty seekers	M
Free men and indentured servants	R
Slave men and slave masters all new	S
To a new world America	T
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With billowing sails the galleons came	U
Bringing men and dreams women and dreams	V
In little bands together	W
Heart reaching out to heart	F
Hand reaching out to hand	X
They began to build our land	X
Some were free hands	B
Seeking a greater freedom	Y
Some were indentured hands	B
Hoping to find their freedom	Y
Some were slave hands	B
Guarding in their hearts the seed of freedom	Y
But the word was there always	Z
Freedom	Y
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Down into the earth went the plow	A2
In the free hands and the slave hands	B
In indentured hands and adventurous hands	B
Turning the rich soil went the plow in many hands	B
That planted and harvested the food that fed	B2
And the cotton that clothed America	T
Clang against the trees went the ax into many hands	B
That hewed and shaped the rooftops of America	T
Splash into the rivers and the seas went the boat hulls	K
That moved and transported America	T
Crack went the whips that drove the horses	C2
Across the plains of America	T
Free hands and slave hands	B
Indentured hands adventurous hands	B
White hands and black hands	B
Held the plow handles	K
Ax handles hammer handles	K
Launched the boats and whipped the horses	C2
That fed and housed and moved America	T
Thus together through labor	W
All these hands made America	T
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Labor Out of labor came villages	C2
And the towns that grew cities	D2
Labor Out of labor came the rowboats	D2
And the sailboats and the steamboats	D2
Came the wagons and the coaches	D2
Covered wagons stage coaches	D2
Out of labor came the factories	D2
Came the foundries came the railroads	D2
Came the marts and markets shops and stores	D2
Came the mighty products moulded manufactured	E2
Sold in shops piled in warehouses	D2
Shipped the wide world over	W
Out of labor white hands and black hands	D2
Came the dream the strength the will	F2
And the way to build America	T
Now it is Me here and You there	G
Now it s Manhattan Chicago	P
Seattle New Orleans	D2
Boston and El Paso	P
Now it s the U S A	T
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A long time ago but not too long ago a man said	B2
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL	G2
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR	W
WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS	D2
AMONG THESE LIFE LIBERTY	Q
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS	D2
His name was Jefferson There were slaves then	H2
But in their hearts the slaves believed him too	S
And silently too for granted	I2
That what he said was also meant for them	J2
It was a long time ago	P
But not so long ago at that Lincoln said	B2
NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH	K2
TO GOVERN ANOTHER MAN	L2
WITHOUT THAT OTHER S CONSENT	M2
There were slaves then too	S
But in their hearts the slaves knew	S
What he said must be meant for every human being	A
Else it had no meaning for anyone	N2
Then a man said	B2
BETTER TO DIE FREE	Q
THAN TO LIVE SLAVES	D2
He was a colored man who had been a slave	O2
But had run away to freedom	Y
And the slaves knew	S
What Frederick Douglass said was true	S
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With John Brown at Harper s Ferry Negroes died	P2
John Brown was hung	Q2
Before the Civil War days were dark	R2
And nobody knew for sure	S2
When freedom would triumph	T2
quot Or if it would quot thought some	Y
But others new it had to triumph	T2
In those dark days of slavery	Q
Guarding in their hearts the seed of freedom	Y
The slaves made up a song	U2
Keep Your Hand On The Plow Hold On	V2
That song meant just what it said Hold On	V2
Freedom will come	Y
Keep Your Hand On The Plow Hold On	V2
Out of war it came bloody and terrible	G2
But it came	U
Some there were as always	D2
Who doubted that the war would end right	W2
That the slaves would be free	Q
Or that the union would stand	X
But now we know how it all came out	X2
Out of the darkest days for people and a nation	N2
We know now how it came out	X2
There was light when the battle clouds rolled away	J
There was a great wooded land	X
And men united as a nation	N2
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America is a dream	I
The poet says it was promises	D2
The people say it is promises that will come true	S
The people do not always say things out loud	Y2
Nor write them down on paper	W
The people often hold	Z2
Great thoughts in their deepest hearts	D2
And sometimes only blunderingly express them	J2
Haltingly and stumblingly say them	J2
And faultily put them into practice	D2
The people do not always understand each other	W
But there is somewhere there	G
Always the trying to understand	X
And the trying to say	J
quot You are a man Together we are building our land quot	X
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America	T
Land created in common	N2
Dream nourished in common	N2
Keep your hand on the plow Hold on	V2
If the house is not yet finished	X
Don t be discouraged builder	W
If the fight is not yet won	N2
Don t be weary soldier	W
The plan and the pattern is here	A3
Woven from the beginning	A
Into the warp and woof of America	T
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL	G2
NO MAN IS GOOD ENOUGH	K2
TO GOVERN ANOTHER MAN	L2
WITHOUT HIS CONSENT	X
BETTER DIE FREE	Q
THAN TO LIVE SLAVES	D2
Who said those things Americans	D2
Who owns those words America	T
Who is America You me	Q
We are America	T
To the enemy who would conquer us from without	X
We say NO	P
To the enemy who would divide	X
And conquer us from within	B3
We say NO	P
FREEDOM	Y
BROTHERHOOD	X
DEMOCRACY	Q
To all the enemies of these great words	D2
We say NO	P
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A long time ago	P
An enslaved people heading toward freedom	Y
Made up a song	U2
Keep Your Hand On The Plow Hold On	V2
The plow plowed a new furrow	P
Across the field of history	Q
Into that furrow the freedom seed was dropped	X
From that seed a tree grew is growing will ever grow	P
That tree is for everybody	Q
For all America for all the world	X
May its branches spread and shelter grow	P
Until all races and all peoples know its shade	X
KEEP YOUR HAND ON THE PLOW HOLD ON	V2